Paradigm For Women Research Articles

Islamic Financial Literacy: Evidence From Indonesian Urban Middle-Class Women

Issues related to Islamic financial literacy are always interesting to study, mainly because financial literacy has a close relationship with inclusive finance, including women's intelligence which is often questioned in terms of financial literacy. As if only women are the only gender whose abilities and intelligence are always questioned. The paradigm of women is being left behind as if it has been ingrained in some Indonesians. This study uses an explanatory sequential mixed method, in which qualitative data is taken from the study literature, then analyzed using the Nvivo 12 application. Quantitative data is taken from a questionnaire, then analyzed using the SPSS application. The result from qualitative data analysis would explain more the findings. This study proves that gender does not affect financial literacy, it can be said that women in Indonesia urban middle-class are not left behind. Everyone has the same rights in learning about Islamic financial literacy.

An Ancient Art form to a Therapeutic Intervention- Belly Dancing & Women’s Health

Introduction: Dance or movement therapy has been proved to have a curative power for ages. Physical fitness is controlled by a combination of the potential the person has in doing his/her own regular activity and genetically inherited capability. Belly dance is an expressionistic type of dance that initially originated in Egypt which lays emphasis on complex movements of the trunk. Belly dancing has gracefully swayed its way to mainstream cardiovascular and musculoskeletal fitness all over the world, with significant impact on women’s health.
 Objective: To provide concise overview of Belly dancing and its effects on women’s health.
 Methods: A Search of PUBMED, CINHAL, Google Scholar. database was conducted to find relevant studies in relation to Belly dancing as a therapeutic intervention in the paradigm of women’s health. The studies that met with the inclusion criteria were included in this review.
 Results: This review provides a crisp understanding of the impact of Belly dancing on several pathologies namely, breast cancer, urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, malignancies and low back pain. It also discusses about the biomechanical aspects of abdomen and pelvis that are involved during belly dancing.
 Conclusion: The study provides an up-to-date outline of the existing literature on Belly Dancing and women’s health. It lays emphasis on the effects of belly dancing as an intervention used to enhance women’s health cohesively.

A Thoughtful Insight on Women Entrepreneur’s Investment Attitude

This study endeavors to be cognizant of the investment paradigm of women entrepreneurs and reveal their ambitions, professionalism, and desire to form a robust framework in the context of economic development. These persistent attributes of women entrepreneurs for economic development persuaded us to investigate factors that influence women’s attitude to make a long-term investment decision in their business regardless of uncertainty. This study adopted a deductive approach and assessed data using the PLS-SEM technique through Smart PLS 3.3.3. Around 330 adequate responses from Karachi and Lahore using a self-designed structured questionnaire revealed that women’s investment attitude has a positive significant mediating effect on social, behavioral factors, and investment decisions. Whereas, women’s investment attitude did not depict a positive significant mediating effect on personal factors and investment decisions. It was quite interesting to know that uncertainty did not reveal a significant moderating effect between investment attitude and investment decision. The study highlights measures suggested empowering women entrepreneurs who strive to enhance their performance and achieve sustainable development goals without being discouraged by society. Moreover, focusing risk-taking attributes to set an example for those who do not come forth. The novelty of the study in the context of women entrepreneur’s investment attitude well contributes to the existing literature and recommends future scholars to expand the horizon of the existing area of the study in the context of cultural, demographic, and seasonal factors, which are also affecting women entrepreneur’s investment decisions.

WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN INDONESIA CONTEMPORARY FIQH PERSPECTIVE

This paper describes the leadership of women in Indonesia in contemporary fiqh. The method used is literature and describes the main problems in the research. The sub-problems that are addressed are the role of women in the era of the Prophet and contemporary fiqh in women's leadership in Indonesia. This study found that the involvement of women in the time of the Prophet was not restricted in social aspects, attending lectures, discussion partners and so on. Reflecting that social involvement in the Sasulullah era was very open to women, it is not appropriate and fair if women are limited in their space of movement in social participation or career. The paradigm of women "staying at home" is not in line with the Prophet's example in his time, especially in today's life, especially in Indonesia, which gives women the freedom to work. The explanations in the collective verses of the Qur'an and Hadith and social facts at the time of the Prophet, as well as historical facts in Indonesia, are evident in the involvement of women in all aspects, including being leaders in social, educational and political aspects. Women's political participation is in line with Indonesia's social and constitutional situation in opening up space for women to be involved in practical politics, including running for Regional Head and President. The potential of women in terms of leading the state (becoming heads of state) is very open and justified in Islam because no text contradicts contextually but provides the same rights and responsibilities as men in all aspects, including religion, social and culture. Political.

Using AI Changes the Paradigm of Women's Participation in Politics

The effect of AI on how people are viewed and handled in society is important and profound. However, a vicious cycle is maintained with AI's algorithms design and implementation. Among others, predictive models, machine learning and AI algorithms train and test themselves using datasets, as a result, they “learn” mainly based on the data input in a model. Nowadays and in this context, it seems that there is a growing scientific dialogue concerning bias in training AI (Falco, 2019; Lu, 2019; Straw, 2020) as well as whether datasets, on which decisions are made, only represent fractions of reality (Günther et al., 2017). The technology often captures and reproduces regulated and restrictive beliefs regarding gender and race, which are then repetitively strengthened: Gender relations be materialized by inventions and, through their enrolment and incorporation of machinery, masculinity, and femininity gain of turn their importance and character. When robots progress in certain cognitive functions, their comparatively weak abilities will definitely get better. This list incorporates the innovative approach to the dilemma, empathy, negotiation, and belief. Automation and AI will also replace many of today's workers at the same time creating new opportunities for specialized personnel– so that is why women need to get into this emerging sector and ensure that they can secure new jobs when their jobs are squeezed. In addition, AI may provide the ability to alter male and female epistemological assumptions. The narration of "hard" and "soft" intelligence, for instance, is often described as male and female. The rise and development of AI is also seen as pushing economic growth and strengthening political influence. In politics, UK politics still dominates the ambition of economic development by technical advancement. Jude Browne states (Clementine Collett & Sarah Dillon) that a national AI agency equivalent to Human Fertilization and Embryology (HFEA) has yet to be set up by the government of the UK that will fill the divide between national, experts and government, for example. Browne claims that it includes the dominance, primarily guided by the goals of economic wealth, of private interest over the public interest. There is a possibility that economic growth and political influence play an important part in influencing AI laws and policies at the cost of other motivations, which are more morally equal. Consequently, a dual-purpose must be incorporated into an equitable AI policy. Firstly, to ensure there is no rise in social and economic disparity due to the advancement of AI technology. Secondly, to call AI to cut this down. AI must first and foremost enable us to promote our democratic liberties, enhance social harmony, and enhance unity, rather than jeopardise our individual trajectories and networks of solidarity.

REVIEW: THE WELLBEING OF WOMEN IN ENTREPRENEURSHIP. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE

The Wellbeing of Women in Entrepreneurship. A Global Perspective (2019) provides a unique and detailed portray of the life and businesses of women entrepreneurs around the world - validating not only women’s experiences as legitimate sources of knowledge, but also giving a long needed attention to women entrepreneurs and the causes and effects of their wellbeing and flourishing. This work speaks of the process of expanding and challenging the essentialist assumptions and paradigms of women’s entrepreneurship research, acknowledging the vast heterogeneity of women entrepreneurs and their contingency within the spatial fabric of their everyday lives. As any social actor, women entrepreneurs are influenced by and accountable for the societal structures in which they interact –where issues like distribution of productive and reproductive roles, labour markets structures, power dynamics, culture, legislations and politics play a significant role in shaping their behaviours and the outcomes of their businesses. By attending to issues like work-life balance, family responsibilities, and job-satisfaction, among others, the authors explore business sustainability and the “multiplier effect” of the wellbeing of women entrepreneurs within their communities and regions.

Abstract P3-11-01: Treatment patterns for young women with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer in the United States in the era of CDK 4/6 inhibitors

Abstract Background: NCCN guidelines recommend that premenopausal women with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer (MBC) be rendered postmenopausal and then treated accordingly. After its approval in February 2015, the CDK4/6 inhibitor palbociclib (P), in combination with endocrine therapy (ET), has become a standard of care in the first-line or pretreated settings for women with HR+/HER2- MBC. Specialty pharmacy prescription data indicate that 12% of all women with HR+/HER2- MBC treated with P in the United States are younger than 50 years of age. We assessed the real world treatment patterns and outcomes before and after approval of P in women with HR+/HER2- MBC. We further sought to assess the impact of the NCCN guidelines for premenopausal women on treatment patterns and outcomes. Methods: This retrospective cohort study utilized electronic health record (EHR) data from Flatiron Health (Fl) from 1/2012 through 4/2017 to evaluate patient characteristics and first-line ET treatment patterns among women with HR+/HER2- MBC prior to and after P approval. Menopausal status was defined by age (< 50 vs >50 yrs). Additional datasets of > 13,000 pts with MBC in the Truven Health MarketScan and Optum Clinformatics claims and Humedica EHR databases will be included to represent a more comprehensive dataset and evaluate clinical outcomes. Results and Discussion: Initial results include 4,537 pts in the FI database who initiated a first-line ET regimen. Overall, 30% of pts < 50 yrs used P compared to 29% of women age >50. Treatment patterns for initial endocrine therapy are shown in the table. Initial Endocrine Therapy Women <_50 yrs N (%) women > 50 yrs N(%) cohort01.2012-01.201502.2015-04.2017Absolute Change01.2012-01.201502.2015-04.2017Absolute ChangeN (%)296 (%0273 (100%) 2062 (100%)1906 (100%) ET monotx +/- LHRH296 (100%)192 (70%)-30%2062 (100%)1345 (71%)-29%TAM108 (36%)75 (27%)-9%161 (8%)78 (4%)-4%AI139 (47%)80 (29%)-18%1326 (64%)866 (45%)-19%FUL49 (17%)37 (14%)-3%575 (28%)401 (21%)-7%ET + P +/- LHRHNA81 (30%)+30%NA561 (29%)+29%% of concurrent LHRH77 (26%)92 (34%)+8%20 (1%)28 (1%)0% Decreased use of tamoxifen as 1st line ET was observed in pts <_50 yrs over the observed time. 47% of young pts initiated endocrine based treatment with AI monotherapy in the pre-P era, consistent with the NCCN guidelines. About 26% (pre-P) and 34% (post-P) of pts ≤50 yrs initiated first ET with ovarian suppression in the analyzed treatment eras. The concurrent use of LHRH increased 8%. Conclusions: The treatment paradigm for women with HR+/HER2- MBC has evolved over the last >5 years. Consistent with NCCN guidelines, more young pts are receiving ovarian suppression as part of initial therapy, and pts regardless of age are receiving treatment with P. There has been a related decrease in use of tamoxifen for younger pts and overall. These data illustrate rapid incorporation of palbociclib into standard care for US pts with HR+/HER2- MBC. Further treatment patterns and therapy outcome data for these groups reflecting real world use ET regimens of over 17,000 pts in the combined cohort, will be reported. Citation Format: Burstein HJ, Mayer EL, DeMichele A, Harnett J, Mardekian J, McRoy L, Huang Bartlett C, Koehler M, Fahed Rimawi M. Treatment patterns for young women with HR+/HER2- metastatic breast cancer in the United States in the era of CDK 4/6 inhibitors [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium; 2017 Dec 5-9; San Antonio, TX. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Res 2018;78(4 Suppl):Abstract nr P3-11-01.

Beyond the Center: New Spatial Axes in International and Transnational Women’s Histories

Beyond the Center: New Spatial Axes in International and Transnational Women’s Histories Elisa Camiscioli and Jean H. Quataert The articles in this issue explore new spatial configurations in international, transnational, and national women’s history outside the centers of the West. They demonstrate the interpretive power of methodologies that explore sites of interconnections seen through experiences in Asia, Iran, colonial India, and the Queensland colony of Britain. Two articles address new political options opened by the structures of international governance and treaty making under the League of Nations. The next article, on the international birth control movement, reflects a similar methodological concern with the processes of translation into local idiom while another contribution continues the rewarding exploration of transnational history for understanding local feminist politics in the later nineteenth century. The last two articles are national in scope. Each deals with religious revival as a distinct space for cultural and gender critique of dominant paternalistic values, however muted or marginal they were, as a force for larger gender change. These articles are followed by three book review essays as well as a tribute arranged by colleagues and friends of Susan Groag Bell, the pioneer medieval women’s historian, who died in 2015. Rejecting the limiting label of “regional history,” Shobna Nijhawan writes an international account of the interwar women’s movements from the Asian perspective. Her compelling article expands out “from an Asian Center” and focuses on the lead-up to and main debates at an All-Asian Women’s Conference in India in 1931. The meeting brought together voting delegates from India, Afghanistan, Burma, Ceylon, Japan, and Persia and non-voting visitors from Britain, Ireland, New Zealand, and the United States. This conference, with its appeal to the “educated women from the upper classes” assumed to be living under “similar customs” and “actuated in an equal measure by a longing for a change” is but the vehicle for a more complex methodological and historiographical agenda. Nijhawan uses this event because it “enriches and destabilizes the ‘Euro-American’ . . . paradigm of women’s international organizing.” She brings two interpretive frameworks to the analysis: an understanding women’s agency rooted in Third World feminism and an assessment of the intersection of international and transnational solidarities. She offers a dynamic analytical and historiographical assessment of the concepts inherent in the “idea of Asia,” the organizing principle of the conference, which in turn allows her to interrogate the wider historiographical genealogies of such terms as “imperial feminist” or “feminist orientalist,” as well as notions of pan-Asian [End Page 7] identities and visions of world peace. She demonstrates, then, how the Asian women delegates at the time re-appropriated and re-framed the meanings of these ideas for multiple audiences at the international, trans-national, and national levels. Tadashi Ishikawa in “Human Trafficking and Intra-Imperial Knowledge” has a similarly complex agenda to rethink metropole-colonial relations in Japanese history during the interwar period. He explores the cascading impact of the international discourse of “human trafficking,” which was brought to Japan when the country ratified the 1921 International Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Women and Children. He not only offers the Japanese case study as an instructive addition to a vibrant and growing literature on the history of sex trafficking. He uses the norms and structures of the League treaty and its complex societal reception among Japanese authorities and civil society groups to overcome “an inflexible division of categories between the Japanese metropole and colonies like Taiwan.” In this way, he brings household and empire together into one analytical framework. His is a study of the translation of international law into legal practice, demonstrating two major arenas of tension. The first, operating at the international level, was substantive disagreement between Japanese authorities’ commitment to “free will and movement” in contrast to the unwillingness of the League’s oversight committee implementing the law to recognize choice in a woman’s decision to cross borders for sex. The second involved intra-imperial contacts and growing societal preoccupation with prostitution and child abuse. Applying the law brought colonial authorities and their civil and criminal court judges into confrontation with a local Taiwanese custom of...

Gendered Devotions: Negotiating Body, Space, Object, and Text through Performance

This paper investigates how the performance of devotion and faith by female elites in fifteenth-century francophone Metz contributed to the creation of community narratives and cultural memory. Concentrating on Catherine Gronnaix, a wealthy patrician and key patron of the parish church of St-Martin, it embeds her personal religious practices and those of her peers within this space and its material culture. Analysis of the sculpture, murals, and windows of the Notre Dame chapel reveals that, over time, use of these images shaped a local paradigm of women’s performance in which female practice was elevated on the basis of a gendered capacity to nurture and bring forth sanctity.

Women and Leadership-A Critical Evaluation on Barriers in India

The business world is witnessing a new paradigm of women leaders ruling the labour market, where it is initially dominated by men. Even there is an increasing trend in women population in workforce, many research conclude that they are fewer in corporate leadership. This shows that there exist some issues in promoting women in higher positions all over the world. Women reaching a top most position in labour market are not an easy task. The main barrier for them is facing a male dominant environment. With all hurdles they still continue to occupy leadership positions not only in private sector, also in public sectors. This is the world where men and women compete themselves to search for economic opportunity with their competitive advantage. Both are self determined with their ability and intelligence. They always use their skills to create an innovative enterprise, where men always dominate the women. Women leadership is nowadays increasing and more visible than men. But they always face a series of blocks in promoting their excellence. These hurdles are not understood and neglected by the business world. When a man seeks for higher position, the society appraises but discourages the women for the same. This article throws some light on the critical barriers that women face in corporate leadership especially in India. Also it suggests some immediate remedy for the diseased environment to accept women as a successful leader.

Prostitution and Women Empowerment’s Role

The feminist movement has been admitted by the society, which is bringing the positive changes for the women. Over the time, the paradigm of women’s role in society has been changed because nowadays the women has been entered the job sectors that used to be dominated by men. It cannot be denied that this feminist movement has developed since the 18 century, which has become the sign of the opening of public space for the women. This journal will investigate the influence of women empowerment towards the prostitute workers and their health in Pasar Kembang, Yogyakarta. Because these days, the role of the women has becoming special attention through the various jobs that done by women especially women who participate in the dark industry one like sex tourism which is still being controversial through the women’s role.

PENGARUH SOSIALISASI GENDER TERHADAP PEMBENTUKAN POLA PIKIR PEREMPUAN ACEH (Studi Kasus di Banda Aceh dan Aceh Besar)

<p>Discourse on gender is not depleted as discussed and studied scientifically until now. Debate in academic circles about gender are already accustomed discussed and no longer be something foreign. Even today there are efforts to encourage all of the activities and programs should be concerned with aspects of gender equality. Development of previously unknown information about only the consumption of the current academic has penetrated up to the village level, and unknown to many people , both lay and the learned knowledge. This occurs because of the reality of gender socialization undertaken by various parties, including government agencies through the empowerment of women and children , as well as by non-governmental organizations ( local and international NGOs ) . Many people received information about the gender , clearly establish its own thinking paradigm for women in Aceh . To see about women thinking about gender Aceh after getting the socialization of NGOs , the research was conducted.</p><p><strong>Keywords</strong> : Influence , Socialization , Gender</p>

Microfinance: State-of-the-art Paradigm for Women's Empowerment in Bihar

Microfinance: State-of-the-art Paradigm for Women's Empowerment in Bihar

Microfinance: State-of-the-art Paradigm for Women's Empowerment in Bihar

This paper is a study of various aspects of women’s empowerment in Bihar. A number of scholars agree that microfinance is an effective tool of women’s empowerment. An attempt has been made to assess Socio-economic impact of microfinance on empowerment of women. This paper also sheds light on the role of empowered women in their families and societies. The findings of this paper are based on secondary sources of data.

Gender Socialization in Family Businesses: A Preliminary Examination

Social science literature documents that gender socialization plays a critical role in the choices adults make throughout their lifetime. The focus of this study is on the unexplored aspect of gender socialization in relation to leadership of family business. The central questions guiding the research ask in what way gender socialization affected: a) the leadership roles available to children in the family business and b) how the children actually functioned in those roles. The results provide a descriptive framework of gender differences found in the socialization process resulting in a new paradigm for women in relation to their development as leaders in business.

Exploring a New Paradigm for Women’s Rights - A Review of 'Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women’s Equal Citizenship'

Nearly forty years after the Supreme Court recognized gender as a suspect class under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, and almost half a century after the 1964 Civil Rights Act guaranteed women the right to work free of sex discrimination, women still find found gender equality to be an elusive goal. The persistent gender gap in wages and the continued prevalence of domestic violence are two indications that the predominant model of equality law, based in the Equal Protection Clause, is simply not adequate to address women’s inequality in our society. The book 'Gender Equality: Dimensions of Women's Equal Citizenship', presents an alternative paradigm for women’s rights, that of equal citizenship. The essays in this book prompt the reader to question whether liberal autonomy is a workable model for women’s rights. Because many of the issues confronted by women today are caused by deeply rooted societal inequality, obtaining autonomy is simply inadequate for most women in our society. Considering citizenship as a model of rights highlights the role that the community plays in creating the conditions necessary for women’s participation in the political and economic realm. The most valuable contribution of this book is that it prompts us to theorize what these rights should be, using the paradigm of expanding citizenship rights.

Towards Ladyland: Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain and the movement for women's education in Bengal, c. 1900–c. 1932

This paper analyses the work of Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880–1932), urban Bengali Muslim educator and writer, placing her in the wider context of women organising themselves in associations to create social change through education for women, in the province of undivided Bengal in colonial India, from c. 1900 to c. 1932. A subject of the British Indian Empire, Rokeya, and many of her colleagues, wrote back to the empire against both colonialism and patriarchy, and created innovative educational discourses and practices. The history of education is inscribed not merely in the formal school that Rokeya founded, but in her larger career as writer and builder of women's associations. An analysis of the enmeshing of women's writing and women's networks thus yields a creative, nuanced history of women's education. This paper also connects micro‐histories and macro‐histories of women's education, correlating macro‐level data about Indian non‐governmental agency in advancing female education with the work of individual figures such as Rokeya. The paper analyses Rokeya's novella Padmarag (“The Ruby”), showing that the integrated paradigm of women's educational and welfarist work found here has many similarities with the actual educational‐welfarist work done by women such as Ramabai, Sarala Ray, or Abala Bose. Through her activities and writing, often made in alliance with other educating women such as Sarala, Rokeya gave voice to ideologies and views widely at variance with conservative Indian nationalists and hegemonic British colonial officialdom. The paper also shows that women of different races and religions formed networks and alliances, in the transnational British Empire, to further women's emancipation and education, in bodies such as All India Women's Conference and Bengal Women's Education League. The paper recognises how much women such as Rokeya were able to actually be and actually do in achieving social change in education.

Jo Ann Kay McNamara, Feminist Scholar: A Pioneer in Transforming Medieval History

o Ann K. McNamara died in New York City on May 20, 2009, at age 78, from complications from a shoulder surgery in March. Her most recent book is a translation of Paris in the Middle Ages (2009), written by Simone Roux. Prof. McNamara was a scholar of world-wide renown. Her most widely acclaimed book, Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns through Two Millennia, was published by Harvard University Press in 1996 and reviewed in the New York Times Book Review by Antonia Fraser. McNamara argued that women as nuns have struggled through the ages to create a separate life which subverts the traditional gender roles assigned to women in every era. The body of her scholarly work has focused primarily on the history of the early Middle Ages and has ranged broadly over the areas of religion, gender, institutionbuilding, and an attempt to reperiodize and reinterpret the years from 400 to 1100. Dr. McNamara was a pioneer in making visible women’s roles in medieval society, including the role of women in religion, bringing these perspectives into the mainstream of writing about medieval history and inspiring a new generation of medievalists. Scholars who undertake gender studies and medieval history today automatically turn to McNamara’s contributions. The broad sweep of her innovative thinking turned to rethinking the transition from Roman to medieval times. She early began to argue forcefully that Roman culture did not decline and fall in the fifth century (pace Edward Gibbon), but continued to influence subsequent centuries down to the twelfth century. Jo Ann McNamara was also among the first scholars to insist that the paradigms of women’s history could be applied to men’s history. In her first essay on the subject, she coined the word “Herrenfrage” [“the Men Question”] to convey the concept that gender for men was J

What Women Want: Psychodynamics of Women's Sexuality in 2008

Sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior occurs as the result of prenatal hormonal influences. The fact that the brain is gendered from before birth means that psychodynamic paradigms of women's development must be modernized. This article discusses extra-analytic observations that we need to consider in constructing an up-to-date psychodynamic theory of women's sexuality.

Policy And Finance For Preconception Care: Opportunities for Today and the Future

This special supplement of Women's Health Issues offers 2 types of articles related to the policy and finance context for improving preconception health and health care. These articles discuss the impact of finance and policy on preconception health and health care, as well as the strategies that are being used to overcome the challenge of implementing preconception care with limited resources and inadequate health coverage for women. Invited papers from authors with expertise in health policy and finance issues describe how women's health and preconception care fit into the larger debates on health reform and how the paradigm for women's health must change. Other invited papers discuss opportunities and challenges for using programs such as Medicaid, Title X Family Planning, Title V Maternal and Child Health Services Block Grant, Healthy Start, and Community Health Centers in improving preconception health and health care. Contributed articles on health services research in this supplement characterize the types of change occurring across the country. This paper also presents a framework for understanding the role of policy and finance in the larger Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Preconception Health and Health Care Initiative.